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Meaning of official

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  official
      adj 1: having official authority or sanction; "official
             permission"; "an official representative" [ant:
             {unofficial}]
      2: of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
      3: verified officially; "the election returns are now official"
      4: conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in
         prescribed order" [syn: {official}, {prescribed}]
      5: (of a church) given official status as a national or state
         institution
      n 1: a worker who holds or is invested with an office [syn:
           {official}, {functionary}]
      2: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the
         golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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